Fireside Chat with Local Healthcare Informatics Leaders
September 26, 2024 | Webinar
Webinar Recording:
Zoom Webinar
12:00 - 1:00pm
Thursday, September 26th, 2024
This educational webinar consisting of an esteemed panel of experts is produced in conjunction with Arizona Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
Insights and lessons learned from Healthcare Informatics Leaders in today's fast-paced, evolutionary healthcare environment.
Objectives:
- Illustrate key priorities healthcare Informatics Leaders are focusing on in today's market
- Demonstrate the importance of informatics team's embracing a continuous cycle of improvement, enabling them to respond quickly to health system's changing needs in this high-pressure market
- Discuss lessons learned
Panelists:
Candice Larson
Candice Larson is the Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) for HonorHealth, a 6-hospital system located in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. As CNIO over the past six years, Candice has served as a liaison between IT and clinicians for strategic technology initiatives. She also works closely with clinicians and is involved in the processes and workflows with digital documentation. Her goal is to leverage the technology creating collaboration in practice that improves the efficiency, delivery, quality, and safety of patient care.
Candice joined HonorHealth in 1988 as a staff nurse and has worked her way up through the growing organization with dedication and commitment to her work. Candice’s clinical background is in Critical Care. She served 16 years in IT-related roles; including Director of IT Applications, Supervisor of Clinical Informatics, and Project Manager of numerous EHR related implementations.
Dr Craig Norquist, HH, CMIO
I currently serve as the CMIO of HonorHealth and am a practicing Emergency Physician. I’m board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics. I serve as the Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship at HonorHealth and serve as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Informatics Fellowship at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Fellowship in Informatics. Prior to becoming the CMIO, I was the Network Patient Safety Officer for HonorHealth, and have previously served as Department Chair of Emergency Medicine as well as Chief of Staff for the Thompson Peak Hospital.
In 2017-2019 I completed professional development programs through academic and professional organizations that prepared me for my leadership roles (e.g., Intermountain Health’s Advanced Training Program; the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Patient Safety Executive training). Additional credentials include EPIC physician builder certification, executive training at Harvard Business School in healthcare delivery, as well as training in artificial intelligence from MIT. My areas of interest are process, quality, and outcome improvement as well as improving the patient and provider experience with information technology in healthcare. My expertise has resulted in invited membership on panels and reports with the ECRI Institute and the National Quality Forum.
I continue to work on the state level on opioid prescribing, use disorder recognition and treatment, as well as risk reduction methodologies including naloxone distribution from the Emergency Department. I have organized and chaired the Arizona College of Emergency Physicians opioid prescribing summit for the past 5 years.
Dr. Matthew Anderson
Dr. Matthew Anderson is a physician executive who creates environments that support frictionless healthcare delivery for patients and physicians. With his experience in the financial, operational, and clinical aspects of medicine, he understands the current landscape and the barriers to great care.
Serving as Chief Medical Information Officer of HonorHealth Medical Group, he focuses on applying technology to improve the healthcare experience. He is trained in Family Medicine, completing residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Dr Anderson also has an Executive MBA from WP Carey School of Business and Certification as a Physician Executive from the American Association of Physician Leadership.
Michael Jones, DHA, MBA, RN, NI-BC, CPHIMS, PMP, CENP, NEA-BC, FACHE
Dr. Michael Jones is a highly experienced healthcare leader, nurse informaticist, and registered nurse. He has a diverse background that spans critical care nursing, health information systems management, and informatics services delivery. During Michael’s nearly nine years with Dignity Health, he has developed teams in Southern California
and Arizona that focus on innovative, value-delivered, and success- measured informatics initiatives. Michael now serves CommonSpirit Health (the parent company of Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives) as the Central Region director, clinical informatics, for Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
Prior to joining Dignity Health, Michael was a senior principal for The MITRE Corporation, operating Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) He assisted the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, and Department of Veterans Affairs with IT standards, strategy, policy, and business process engineering with emphasis on interoperability, learning health system, population health, and quality outcomes management. Before moving to the DC metro area and joining MITRE, Michael held the position of program management and delivery director for Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia. Here, he oversaw an $80 million enterprise-wide revenue cycle and electronic health record transformation for a level 1 trauma center, emergency department, urgent care centers, and physician services.
Dr. Jones is actively engaged in the professional community, serving as a Commissioner and NI expert for the American Nurses Credentialing Center. He also holds the position of President for the Arizona Chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association. Additionally, Michael has delivered expert knowledge sharing through several presentations and podcast interviews. Educationally, Michael holds a doctorate and master's in health administration, a master's in business administration, and a bachelor of science in nursing. He is board-certified as a nurse informaticist and advanced nurse executive by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a certified professional in healthcare information and management systems by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and a project management professional by the Project Management Institute.
He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and maintains affiliate memberships with the American College of Healthcare Executives, American Nurses Association, and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Dr. Jones' extensive experience and qualifications underscore his commitment to advancing healthcare with a servant mindset through informatics, leadership, and strategic management.
Dr. Donald Kane DO
Informaticist, Pediatrician
CommonSpirit Health
Education and Training
Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center
Residency, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics Certification
Experience
3 years primary care Pediatrics: United States Air Force
5 years Pediatric Hospitalist and Pediatric Emergency Care
9 years Informatics Cerner Corporation, Tenet Heatlh Care
9 years Chief Medical Officer Dignity Health Arizona and Nevada
Areas of Expertise
Informatics: Provider Documentation, Clinical Decision Support
Interests: Leadership Development, Change Management, Provider Training, Health Information Exchanges
